Happy birthday Danny Rampling! Here’s an interview with the Shoom founder from November 1990…
DJ legend Danny Rampling turns 59 today (15 July), and with his fabled Shoom clubnight recently hosting a number of…
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“We don’t want to make music that is considered just a revival…” Check out this interview with Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo from 2001
Today, 3 January, marks the 45th birthday of Thomas Bangalter, one half of Daft Punk, and one of the most…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: D-Tek – Drop The Rock [1993]
This week marks the 26th anniversary of the very first Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1, which aired on 30…
“Work it, Make it, Do it, Makes us…” Daft Punk’s ‘Harder Better Faster Stronger’ was released on this day in 2001
The fourth single to be taken from Daft Punk’s Discovery, Harder Better Faster Stronger, was released on this day (13…
“Too many DJs lack identity, they should follow their own instinct, not other people’s…” Frankie Knuckles speaks to Soul Underground [May 1989]
Today, 25 August, marks Frankie Knuckles Day, celebrating the life and work of arguably the most important figurehead in the…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Seventh Sense – Get The Music [1992]
Groove Armada might be celebrating 21 years this year, but long before they were Superstylin their way into the charts,…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Leftfield featuring Djum Djum – Afro Ride [July 1995]
On the back of the tearaway success of Leftfield’s Leftism, released in January 1995, the group’s seventh single, The Afro-Left…
How a 1981 hit for Chaka Khan powered Stardust’s Music Sounds Better With You… [July 1998]
Stardust’s Music Sounds Better With You was released on this day (20 July) in 1998, and became one of the…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: La Funk Mob – Motor Bass Get Phunked Up (Electrofunk Remix)
The world of electronic music is a sadder place today with the news that French house producer Philippe Cerboneschi, otherwise…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Ron Hardy – Sensation [1985]
It’s been said that Chicago house music wouldn’t have been the same without the late Frankie Knuckles… well, you could…